[EN] HTTP/2 has been finalized

Wednesday, 18 February 2015

HTTP/2 is Done

The IESG has formally approved the HTTP/2 and HPACK specifications, and they’re on their way to the RFC Editor, where they’ll soon be assigned RFC numbers, go through some editorial processes, and be published.
We should have an official entry about this up soon over at the IETF blog, but I want to recognise a few people specifically:

Mike Belshe and Roberto Peon brought SPDY to the IETF to standardise it. While a few have painted Google as forcing the protocol upon us, anyone who actually interacted with Mike and Roberto in the group knows that they came with the best of intent, patiently explaining the reasoning behind their design, taking in criticism, and working with everyone to evolve the protocol. Roberto also served alongside Herve Ruellan as editor of HPACK, after they merged their competing proposals for header compression.

Martin Thomson is a fantastic editor, and we couldn’t have had such a high-quality document (read the IESG reviews) without his tireless work.

Barry Leiba is our Area Director and supported this work within the IESG, doling out wisdom and advice to me along the way.